While I agree these magazines are frivolous and unhealthy, isn't this a stretch?
>> The disconnect between how the glossy mags choose to fill their pages and how British women actually spend their money suggests that traditional publishers are out of touch with their readership.
...except that, apparently, such women also spend their money on the magazines being criticized. Which seems to say the publishers are in touch with what their readers want.
Obviously not all women buy such magazines, but those who do are not being forced to.
>> The disconnect between how the glossy mags choose to fill their pages and how British women actually spend their money suggests that traditional publishers are out of touch with their readership.
...except that, apparently, such women also spend their money on the magazines being criticized. Which seems to say the publishers are in touch with what their readers want.
Obviously not all women buy such magazines, but those who do are not being forced to.